1 Hinunter ist der Sonne Schein,
die finstre Nacht bricht stark herein;
leucht uns, Herr Christ, du wahres Licht,
laß uns im Finstern tappen nicht.
2 Dir sei Dank, daß du uns den Tag
vor Schaden, G'fahr und mancher Plag
durch deine Engel hast behüt'
aus Gnad und väterlicher Güt.
3 Womit wir heut erzürnet dich,
dasselb verzeih uns gnädiglich
und rechn es unsrer Seel nicht zu;
laß schlafen uns mit Fried und Ruh.
4 Dein Engel uns zur Wach bestell,
daß uns der böse Feind nicht fäll.
Vor Schrecken, Angst und Feuersnot
behüte uns, o lieber Gott.
Source: Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen): Antwort finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #467
Herman, Nicolaus, is always associated with Joachimsthal in Bohemia, just over the mountains from Saxony. The town was not of importance till the mines began to be extensively worked about 1516. Whether Herman was a native of this place is not known, but he was apparently there in 1518, and was certainly in office there in 1524. For many years he held the post of Master in the Latin School, and Cantor or Organist and Choirmaster in the church. Towards the end of his life he suffered greatly from gout, and had to resign even his post as Cantor a number of years before his death. He died at Joachimsthal, May 3, 1561. (Koch, i. 390-398; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 186-188, &c.)
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